Ding, Bailey Tract, and a Slough visit

I visited Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in Fort Myers with a good friend this week. It is a fascinating place to visit, but we didn’t see very much wildlife. I look forward to going back in the fall when there will be more birds and other wildlife. I didn’t realize that I would need a shorter lens to take photos of the Slough (pronounced slew). I was able to get one photo where I could get far enough away with my long lens.

We saw a Pileated Woodpecker and a turtle sunning itself on a log.

I believe the turtle is a yellow-bellied slider turtle. But, I’m not sure.

Our drive through Ding this morning didn’t produce many photos either. We saw a few Roseate Spoonbills and I always have to stop and take a few pics of them.

We stopped by the Bailey Tract. I saw a couple of dragonflies that stayed in one spot long enough to get pics.

We saw a couple of adult Black-Necked Stilts. They were staying within sight of a chick that was looking for food along the edge of the shallow water.

The young Black-Necked Stilt was almost too far away. But, how do you pass up getting photos of such a cute little mini-me.